Experienced gardeners know that you should never skip the first feeding of strawberries if you are counting on a rich harvest of large berries.
It is best to carry out the procedure when the weather outside gets a little warmer.
The optimum temperature is 10 degrees and above, reminds Anastasia Kovrizhnykh , an expert of the online publication BelNovosti, an agronomist and landscape designer.
What should be the first feeding of strawberries
First of all, the berry crop needs a nitrogen composition, as this will help to grow beautiful green mass. In a glass of warm water, you need to dilute a large spoon of nitroammophoska. When the fertilizer is completely dissolved, add the concentrate to a bucket of clean water.
Afterwards, you can add the nutrient composition.
One bucket is enough for 20 strawberry bushes. Each one requires 0.5 l.
Instead of nitroammophoska, you can also use urea: the application scheme for this fertilizer is identical.
It is worth remembering that before applying fertilizers, it is important to remove last year's mulch layer and prune the berries.
